Sasaran Art Park Kuala Selangor...

“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time...” - Thomas Merton

(Sasaran Art Park Kuala Selangor)

3.259281, 101.306600

03 15'33.41"N, 101 18'23.76"E

My appointment with KWSP was at 2.50 pm but as usual, I arrived early. I settled my thumb print registration earlier than expected. We were free the rest of the afternoon and decided to drive towards Kuala Selangor using the Sungai Buluh – Kuala Selangor old trunk road.

(Sasaran Art Gallery)

(I've been waiting for too long)

(A sculpture next to the art gallery)

(Target practice Bullseye) 

Our plan was to visit Balai Seni Sasaran located in a small fishing village in Jeram. It is one of the tourist attractions in Kuala Selangor especially for art lovers. The upper floor of the art gallery is used as an exhibition space and the lower floor is the activity centre.

(Activity centre on the lower floor)

(The artists den behind the gallery)

The art gallery is used as the venue for local or international art festivals or exhibitions in the promotion of arts and culture. The Art Gallery was launched in May 2016. Since 2008, the Sasaran Art Organization has organized large-scaled art festivals every 3 years to create exposure towards street arts.

(Herringbone sculpture)

(Komodo dragon and the boy)

(A seasoned hand and a green teapot)

(A group of rhinoceros riding the waves)

(Steel sculpture art works)

There are various unique sculptures in the compound and mural paintings on the outdoor walls. We were informed that there will be new murals to be unveiled in mid-April 2021. As the Art Gallery was closed when we arrived, we spent some time admiring and taking pictures of the sculptures and wall paintings around the Art Gallery.

(A spacious compound of the art park)

(A baby on a fat blowfish)

(An iron structure)

(A diver in action)

(A unique sculpture)

(Fix the missing alphabets)

(Colourful cylindrical containers)

(An upside down pink anchor)

(The 2-story Art Gallery)

While we were there, we met with the care-taker of the Art Park and were informed that an art exhibition will be held here in April and there will be unveiling of some new mural arts, one of which has been the talk of the town recently.

(The controversial mural art painting)